Jul. 27, 2008 - Homeschool: Journaling
I wanted to recommend a great little creative writing booklet -
From Heart to Page: Journaling Through The Year For Young Writers by Michelle Van Loon
It is filled with suggestions for 180 days of journaling ideas, broken up into four seasons. A few of the ones for summer are:
*Draw your family tree. Use 3 adjectives to describe each person on there that you know. For example, Grandpa Harry: funny, giving, roly-poly.
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*Now, pick one of those people and tell about them in more detail. What do they look like? What do they like doing? How old are they? What makes him or her special to you?
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*Study your face in the mirror for a couple of minutes. Then come back to your journal and describe what you saw.
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*Plan a menu for a special meal. What sort of event will your meal celebrate? Make a list of the foods you'd like to serve at this meal. Decorate your journal page to go along with your menu if you wish.
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*What do you wonder most about God? What would you like to know about Him? Write your thoughts in the form of a prayer to him today.
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*Make a list of what you did yesterday. Be as detailed as you can!
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*Close your eyes for three minutes and listen. Then open them and write about all of the different sounds that you heard.
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*Sketch a picture of your house from outside.
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*Which room do you like best in your house? Why?
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*Can you draw a comic strip or a cartoon today? Try to feature at least 2 different characters having a conversation or sharing a joke.
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*Have you tried anything new lately? New food, new experience, new friend? What made it new?
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We had a wonderful time Friday drawing our Family Tree -- everyone's was different, of course! -- and identifying the members of each branch of the family. Looking forward to using this regularly as the new school year really gets started!
